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Event Series // The Digital Future for Business & Society: Perspectives on AI -Challenges and Opportunities

Hosted Jointly by: Professor Yogesh K. Dwivedi, School of Management, Swansea University, UK & Professor Ramakrishnan Raman, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune, India This seminar series is inspired by various perspectives on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its transformative potential presented in a recent perspective article by Dwivedi et al. (2019). AI undoubtedly offers a transformative potential for the augmentation and potential replacement of human tasks and activities within a wide range of industrial, intellectual and social applications. The pace of change for this new AI technological age is staggering, with new breakthroughs in algorithmic machine learning and autonomous decision-making, engendering new opportunities for continued innovation. The impact of AI could be significant, with industries and sectors ranging from: agriculture, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, supply chain, logistics and utilities, all potentially disrupted by the onset of AI technologies. The seminar series on “The Digital Future for Business & Society: Perspectives on AI Challenges and Opportunities” will present various perspectives from a number of leading expert speakers to highlight the opportunities and challenges posed by the rapid emergence of AI. The seminar series will offer a timely and thought-provoking insight to AI technology and its impact on the future of business, management and society in general, whilst recognising the societal and industrial influence on growth and direction of AI development.  
Speaker Date & time Seminar title
Dr Arpan Kar Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India 20th Jan 2021 (1 pm UK Time) Artificial Intelligence: Evolution, Scope and Adoption Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcu2qqjMuGNStRUcSRz3wZSiZtl1iUiM7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Mr Vasileios Galanos 27 Jan 2021 (11.30 am to 12.30 pm UK Time) The interplay of expectations and expertise in the construction of artificial intelligence (AI): insights from historical, sociological, and political groundings Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pdumhpjwoHNGOCjks3ByqIhmb68YGmUdB
Professor Marijn Janssen Professor of ICT & Governance, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 4th Feb 2021 (1 pm UK Time)   Adaptive governance for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence
Dr Emmanuel Mogaji School of Marketing, Events and Tourism, The University of Greenwich, UK 10th Feb 2021 (1 pm UK Time) AI adoption in Financial Services Provision in Emerging Economies
Professor John S Edwards Aston Business School, Aston University, UK   17th Feb 2021 (1 pm UK Time) Explaining decisions made by AI systems – and by people
Dr Kenneth Le Meunier-FitzHugh Associate Professor in Marketing, Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK 24th Feb 2021 (1 pm UK Time) How is Artificial Intelligence use in Sales?
Prof Rony Medaglia Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark 3rd March 2021 (1 pm UK Time) Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Opportunities and Challenges ahead
Mr Santosh K Misra, IAS CEO, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency & Commissioner of e-Governance, Govt of Tamil Nadu, India 10th March 2021 (12 noon to 1 pm UK Time) Public policy challenges of AI
Professor Yanqing (Yan) Duan Business School, The University of Bedfordshire, UK 17th March 2021 (12.30 pm to 1.30 pm UK Time) How AI and Human Decision Makers Can Work Together for Better Decision Making: Emerging Challenges and Research Opportunities
Dr Rohit Nishant Université Laval, Canada 31st May 2021 (1pm UK Time) Artificial Intelligence and Grand Social Challenges: Emerging empirical evidence and agenda for research
Professor Yanqing (Yan) Duan Business School, The University of Bedfordshire, UK 17th March 2021 (12.30 pm to 1.30 pm UK Time) How AI and Human Decision Makers Can Work Together for Better Decision Making: Emerging Challenges and Research Opportunities
Dr Rohit Nishant Université Laval, Canada 31st May 2021 (1pm UK Time) Artificial Intelligence and Grand Social Challenges: Emerging empirical evidence and agenda for research
Dr Amber Young Information Systems Department, University of Arkansas, USA 12th May 2021 (1 pm UK Time) Building an Emancipatory Future for Workers and Machines
Dr Jak Spencer Urban Scale Interventions, London, UK 19th May 2021 (1 pm UK Time) People-centred Artificial Intelligence
Dr Crispin Coombs School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK 9th June 2021 (1 pm UK Time) What Is It About Humanity That We Can't Give Away to Intelligent Machines?
Dr Shahriar Akter School of Management & Marketing, The University of Wollongong, Australia And Dr Katina Michael School for the Future of Innovation in Society Arizona State University, USA 16th June 2021 (12 noon UK Time) Addressing algorithm bias in AI-Driven Customer Management
  About the organisers Yogesh K. Dwivedi is a Professor of Digital Marketing and Innovation, Founding Director of the Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) and Co-Director of Research at the School of Management, Swansea University, Wales, UK. Professor Dwivedi is also currently leading the International Journal of Information Management as its Editor-in-Chief. His research interests are at the interface of Information Systems (IS) and Marketing, focusing on issues related to consumer adoption and diffusion of emerging digital innovations, digital government, and digital and social media marketing particularly in the context of emerging markets. Professor Dwivedi has published more than 300 articles in a range of leading academic journals and conferences that are widely cited (more than 22 thousand times as per Google Scholar). Professor Dwivedi is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Marketing, Government Information Quarterly and International Journal of Electronic Government Research, and Senior Editor of the Journal of Electronic Commerce Research. More information about Professor Dwivedi can be found at: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/som/academic-staff/y.k.dwivedi/. Professor Ramakrishnan Raman has more than eighteen + years of total work experience, which is a blend of corporate, academic and research experience. His professional career in dealer chain management started with a large organization, Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd, in Chennai, India. He then moved into the consulting domain by joining the Leading Edge consulting services. He returned to an academic life to satisfy his passion for teaching by joining Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) as a lecturer in the Department of Management Studies. After spending a couple of years with VIT, Prof. Raman joined the Kohinoor Group in their Business School named Kohinoor Business School (KBS), located at Khandala. KBS was offering the business management program of Carleton University Sprott School of Business Ottawa Canada. During his long stint with Kohinoor Group he had strategized and headed ERP implementation for the group’s education division named Joshi’s Kohinoor Technical Institute (JKTI). After he spent eight years with the Kohinoor Group he joined SP Jain Institute of Management (SPJIMR), Mumbai campus. After a short stint at SPJIMR he joined Symbiosis International University (SIU). He served as Director – SCIT (A constituent of SIU under faculty of Computer Studies) for three and half years and then in July 2014 took charge as Director – SIBM (A constituent of SIU under faculty of Management). He is also the Dean – Faculty of Management at Symbiosis International University.Raman has travelled across the globe and has been instrumental in initiating academic collaborations with universities in Japan, Canada, UAE and the United States. He has initiated several international collaborations for exchange of student and faculty members with academic institutions across the globe. Raman's main research interest is at the interface of Information Systems, Information Security, IT Strategy and Digital Marketing.